Combined collar button and buttoner.



W. M. ISAACS. COMBINED COLLAR BUTTON AND BUTTONER.

APPLICATION HLEDJUNE 30. I916.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

Iwfrii tIAM Ml, rsA C Q 0 CLEVELAND OHIO COMBINED COLLAR Burrow AND BUT'ronEn.

T0 all whom it may concern: v.

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM M. ISAAGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofnCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Combined Collar Buttons and Buttoners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, 'referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings. 1

This invention relates to a novel device having the double purpose of a collar button and buttoner, it being the general object of the 1nvention toiprovide a device of this nature, which, while constituting a particularly desirable collar button-possessing neatness and eiiiciency, and assuring comtort to the wearer- -serves also as a collar buttoner taking the place of prevailing forms of collar buttoners, which are more i or less inconvenient of use and injurious to the button holesthe device being so constructed that the collar may be very easily disconnected therefrom, A it i Stated in morespecific terms, the invention maybe said to have as its main object the production of a device comprising a a neck which projects therefrom, and a combined head and buttoning member extending laterally from the neck,-and which may be readily placed in the button holes of the collar band and, by inserting the entering end of the buttoning member into first the button hole at one end of the collar and turning it in an appropriate direction, will cause said end or the collar to travel therealong towearing position where i the button hole automatically slips over and embraces the neck of the button, and then by inserting said member into the button hole at the other end of the collar and reversing the operatiom will draw the second end of the collar to wearlng position, after i which the buttoningmember may be turned j to lie alongsidethe last mentioned end of;

the collar and lar band.

against the colholdit snugly so design and construct the device that its operationmay be performed naturally and instinctively and therefore as Further obj cots are to p which constitutes, in

part, the hea gradually tapered toward its entering endreadily by a novice as by one who is accustomed to using 1t; to make the Specification of Letterslatent. afie t 1 1 Applicationfi1ecliTune30, 1916. ,1Seria1N0.106,74l6. i i

1 will readily pierce, and gently,

spread the button hole and move freely ,therein without theslightest injuryto the buttonhole, andto make such partof suf- ;fic1ent length toallowtitto reach out and meet the collar without having to pull the collar toward wearing position, to design the portion of the head remote from the entering end of the buttoning member, in such manner to cause it to automatically eject through the button hole as soon as the lat-1 ter is brought into register with it to so and so that it may be entirely concealed beneath the tiewhen in use.

While the device is of general utility, the

fact of its possessing thej features above enumerated makes it especially su1table for use with full dress shirts and collars, for

appjarelof this class is usuallystarched stiii andthecollars, asa general rule, fit the collar bands more snugly, than those used It is customary, there- 1 in ordinary wear. fore, in donning full dress collars, to use a collar :buttoner. In the use of an instrument of this kind, an undue strain is placed 11113011 thewbutton holes while turning the comparatively wide; loop of the buttoner wlthln the holes, during the operation of drawing the collar to wearing position, with the result that the buttonholes are drawn 1 out of shape, and in many cases, actually torn?;and after the button holes have been,

pulled to buttoningposition, it is, then necessary to force thebutton holes over the head of theibutton, andthisiis often the source of considerable annoyance and further injury to the button holes. By means of the de-M vice which. I have invented, the foregoing operation may be veryzconveniently performed and relieved of the difficulties above mentioned, "to wit, undue strain upon or spreading of the button holes-absolutely the OHlYfOICG appliedytofthe collar being a that required toodrawititoaits final; posi tio'n. w The liability :of soiling the collar through vigorous; handlingis thus eliminated. operationhas been performechthe button 1s, as a consequence thereof, within the button whole, and need (mime turned thereafter to its normal position where "it lies closely Furthermore, when the buttoninga along the collar and serves to hold the collar snugly against the collar band and, as

above mentioneth'may serve, in some instances, to hold the tiein position. ,Also, my device does away with the handling of two separate articles and avoids misplacement of thebuttoner.

While the buttoning operation is usually themost diflicult in the matter of dealing with stiff collars, the unbuttoning of the collar is not to be disregarded. I It is often greater in width than the neck of the button, of marked importance.

' In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated two constructions of my combined collar button and buttoner wherein the foregoing objects are attained, and which possess the advantages above set forth; and while I will proceed to describe these embodiments of my invention in detail, I wish to be understood as not confining myself to the structural details thereof further than is required by the'term's of the annexed claims.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective View of the device of my invention; Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the va- 'rious steps 'in the operation ofbuttoning a collar by means of the device; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section throughthe collar band, collar, and tie, which are held in correct relative position by the device; and Fig. 7 1s a sectional detail of a modification.

The device comprises a base 1 from which a neck 2 projects centrally, and a combined head and buttoning member 3 extends laterally from the outer end o f the'neck. This member is preferably inclined and curved gradually toward the plane of the base 1, and its outer end is somewhat pointed to facilitate' its entering a'buttonrhole- A short nib 4 extends in the opposite direction from the outer endof the'neck 2, and is spaced a i slightly greater distance than the member 3 from the base 1 for a-purpose which will becomeapparent when the operation of the device is explained. For a further purpose,

' the underneath surface of the nib 4 is made quite abrupt to the adjacentsurface of the neck 2,'thus constituting a sort of hook, and

it is somewhat in advance of. the plane of the .inner side of the member 3, as will be best seen from Figs. 6 and 7.

' While-thebutton may be made according to anysuitable method common to button manufacture, with the parts relatively fixed,

I suggest, as a modification of the invention, the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 wherein the neck is swiveled to the base, thus permitting the head and button member, together with the neck, to freely rotate with respect to the base, during the buttoning operation. In this form of my invention, the inner end of the neck 2 is reduced at 5 and passes through a central aperture in the washer 6, the reduced end of the neck being then upset to form a flat head 7. This produces a swivel connection between the neck 2 and the washer, and the washer, with the head 7, may then be backed by a cap or plate 8, having its periphery turned forward and inward over the edge of the washer (3, as shown at 9. The operation of both forms are identical, and will now be explained.

The button is first placed in the button holes of the collar band, and this may be accomplished in the manner which I will now describe in buttoning the collar, although the buttoning member has not ordinarily so much purpose in buttoning the 'collar band as in buttoning the collar, for

the reason that there is considerable go and come to the collar band, because of its comparative softness and the pliability of the neck. Now in buttoning the collar, the button hole at one end of the collar is placed over the end of the buttoning member, as illustrated in Fig. 2. By grasping the protruding end of the member, it may be swung in the direction indicated by the arrow until the nib 3 is in register with the button hole. By reason of the fact that the nib is somewhat higher than the plane of the inner end of the buttoning member, the collar is placed under a bending tension in the region of the button hole, so that as soon as the nib is in a position to pass through the button hole, the button hole automatically snaps down over the nib and assumes its position on the neck 2. Through this step in the operation, the buttoner is placed in position to receive the opposite end of the collar, in which condition it is illustrated in Fig. 3. Now, by swinging the collar button in the reverse direction, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, the foregoing operation is repeated in connection with the opposite end of the collar, and the parts are then found in the conditionillustrated in Fig. 4:. The button is then returned in the direction indicated by the arrow in the last mentioned figure, to the position illustrated in Fig. 5, where the buttoning member bears against the side of the collar, and forces it snugly against the collar band, as better illustrated in Fig. 6.

At this point in the description of the operation of the device it will be well to call attention to the ease with which the collar may be unbuttoned, such oaeration requiring only a slight drawing of the outer tab of the collar toward the end of the nib In Fig. 6 I have shown a common form of dress? tie, held in position by the collar button. This form of tie is made like the ordinary string tie, except it is provided with a central hole which buttons over the back collar button, and spaced at equal dis tances in both directions from the central button hole, are tabs having button holes for application to the front button. Beyond these tabs there is sufficient material to produce the bow.

In the illustration, one tab of the tie 14 is shown at 15 as embracing the neck of the button, adjacent the outer layer of the collar, and the opposite tab 16 is shown as overlying the buttoning member and hooked over the nib 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is p 1. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button comprising a base, a neck projecting therefrom, and a combined head and buttoning member permanently carried by the neck and extending laterally therefrom toward the plane of the base and beyond the edge thereof, as and for the purpose specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button comprising a base, a neck projecting therefrom, a combined head and but toning member extending laterally in one direction from the neck, and a nib extending from the neck in the opposite direction, said nib being spaced farther than said member from the base.

3. As a new article ofmanufacture, a collar button comprising a base, a neck projecting therefrom, a combined head and buti to form a said head and has its periphery turned forwardly and inwardly about the edge of the toning member extending laterally in one direction from the neck, and a nib extending from the neck in the opposite direction, the outer surface of the nib being in advance of the corresponding surface of the aforesaid member.

1. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button comprising a base, a neck projecting therefrom, a combined head and but toning member extending laterally in one direction from the neck, and a nib extending from the neck in the opposite direction, the inner surface of the nib being spaced farther than the corresponding surface of said member from the base.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button comprising a combined head and buttoning member, a neck from one end of which said member extends laterally, the opposite end of the neck being reduced to provide a shoulder, a washer through which the reduced portion of the neck freely passes, said portion being upset thercbeyond head, and a cap which conceals washer. y

6. As a new article of manufacture, a collar button comprising a combined head and buttoning member, a neck from one end of which said member extends laterally, a washer through which the opposite end of said member freely passes and is upset to form a head therebyond, and a cap for concealing said head and having its periphery bent forward and inward about the edge of the washer.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

WILLIAM M. ISAAGS.

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